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Freedom implies the absence of limitation,
yet by our very manifestation in this life we
are necessarily limited by both body and mind.
To conclude that therefore no human being is truly free might seem excessively abstract, as it is clear that many of our fellow beings experience limitations of almost unimaginable magnitude. But while that abstraction […]

To Be Freely Forwarded in Support of Freedom ~ Define Who You Are

Compiled for The Campaign to Liberate Freedom By Lorinda Earl,
Activist, Social Commentator,
and Dharma Mom (as of November 3rd, 2006),
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
email: lorinda (at) thepinkhouse.ca

1. Turn Off Your TV, but stay INFORMED: Anything you can find on the television can also be found online. […]

The Jewish New Year began on Friday, September 23rd at sundown. I learned that this year, Rosh Hashana happens to coincide with Ramadan. Led by our rabbi, we stood and sang for Shalom, peace throughout the world. Over and over again, our songs and prayers hoped for a better world, in which […]

“You gotta collect it. You gotta reach out and grab all the little broken, busted-up pieces of people’s frustration. That stuff in them that’s looking for a way out or a way in. The stuff in them that makes them wanna see God’s face. … And then you gotta take all that into yourself and […]

To me, there are many broad categories of freedom like personal freedom, social freedom, economic freedom, political freedom, etc. Some of these categories are inherently linked to each other. Personal freedom enables a person to do something positive in his personal interest, family interest, organizational interest or national interest. Rural and illiterate women in many […]

Let Us Walk Arm in Arm

I was seven or eight years old and the words above the water fountains in the old courthouse in my hometown in Arkansas read – ‘White’s Only’ – ‘Colored’s Only’.
I had just gotten my first taste of what it meant to take another persons […]

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